Diana of the Crossways
George Meredith
43 chapters · 16 h 45 min · English
Read by KHand, Pamela Nagami, Lisa Reichert, Sheila, VfkaBT, Mark Penfold and others
Romance · Family Life
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Inspired by the real life story of Caroline Norton, a friend of the author's, this book tells about a lively woman who is trapped in a miserable marriage. Yet Diana is not one to give up in her quest for love, happiness and fulfillment. - Summary by Stav Nisser
Chapters
1 Chapter 1: Of Diaries and Diarists Touching the Heroine 37 min 2 Chapter 2: An Irish Ball 26 min 3 Chapter 3: The Interior of Mr. Redworth, and the Exterior of Mr. Sullivan Smith 18 min 4 Chapter 4: Containing Hints of Diana's Experiences and of what They Led to 31 min 5 Chapter 5: Concerning the Scrupulous Gentleman who Came Too Late 23 min 6 Chapter 6: The Couple 21 min 7 Chapter 7: The Crisis 21 min 8 Chapter 8: In which is Exhibited How a Practical Man and a Divining Woman Learn to Respect One Another 34 min 9 Chapter 9: Shows How a Position of Delicacy for a Lady and Gentleman was Met in Simple Fashion Without Hurt to Either 21 min 10 Chapter 10: The Conflict of the Night 11 min 11 Chapter 11: Recounts the Journey in a Chariot, with a Certain Amount of Dialogue, and a Small Incident on the Road 17 min 12 Chapter 12: Between Emma and Diana 15 min 13 Chapter 13: Touching the First Days of Her Probation 22 min 14 Chapter 14: Giving Glimpses of Diana Under Her Cloud Before the World and of Her Further Apprenticeship 34 min 15 Chapter 15: Introduces the Hon. Percy Dacier 28 min 16 Chapter 16: Treats of a Midnight Bell, and of a Scene of Early Morning 35 min 17 Chapter 17: 'The Princess Egeria' 26 min 18 Chapter 18: The Authoress 21 min 19 Chapter 19: A Drive in Sunlight and a Drive in Moonlight 26 min 20 Chapter 20: Diana a Night-Watch in the Chamber of Death 20 min 21 Chapter 21: 'The Young Minister of State' 25 min 22 Chapter 22: Between Diana and Dacier: The Wind East Over Bleak Land 18 min 23 Chapter 23: Records a Visit to Diana from One of the World's Good Women 20 min 24 Chapter 24: Indicates a Soul Prepared for Desperation 15 min 25 Chapter 25: Once More the Crossways and a Change of Turnings 20 min 26 Chapter 26: In which a Disappointed Lover Receives a Multitude of Lessons 28 min 27 Chapter 27: Contains Matter for Subsequent Explosion 36 min 28 Chapter 28: Dialogue Round the Subject of a Portrait, with Some Indications of the Task for Diana 31 min 29 Chapter 29: Shows the Approaches of the Political and the Domestic Crisis in Company 34 min 30 Chapter 30: In which There is a Taste of a Little Dinner and an Aftertaste 20 min 31 Chapter 31: A Chapter Containing Great Political News and Therewith an Intrusion of the Love-God 11 min 32 Chapter 32: Wherein We Behold a Giddy Turn at the Spectral Crossways 14 min 33 Chapter 33: Exhibits the Springing of a Mine in a Newspaper Article 16 min 34 Chapter 34: In which it is Darkly Seen How the Criminal's Judge May Be Love's Criminal 18 min 35 Chapter 35: Reveals How the True Heroine of Romance Comes Finally to Her, Time of Triumph 22 min 36 Chapter 36: Is Conclusive as to the Heartlessness of Women with Brains 21 min 37 Chapter 37: An Exhibition of Some Champions of the Stricken Lady 23 min 38 Chapter 38: Convalescence of a Healthy Mind Distraught 15 min 39 Chapter 39: Of Nature with One of Her Cultivated Daughters and a Short Excursion in Anti-Climax 30 min 40 Chapter 40: In which We See Nature Making of a Woman a Maid Again, and a Thrice Whimsical 26 min 41 Chapter 41: Contains a Revelation of the Origin of the Tigress in Diana 19 min 42 Chapter 42: The Penultimate: Showing a Final Struggle for Liberty and Run into Harness 25 min 43 Chapter 43: Nuptial Chapter; and of How a Barely Willing Woman was Led to Bloom with the Nuptial Sentiment 32 min
